Early in the morning, Mrs. Zhou waited left and right and couldn't wait for Mama Cheng to come to serve, this person wouldn't be so ignorant of etiquette and leave without saying hello?

When no one came, Mrs. Zhou hastily had breakfast, and then saw the big girl come to report after listening to the rain.

Mama Cheng hanged herself.

One sentence shocked the old lady and dropped the teacup in her hand.

Seeing this, Mrs. Liu immediately stepped forward to help the old lady wipe the tea stains on the clothes on her hands, and immediately asked: "You little hoof, what nonsense in the morning scared the old lady." ”

Hearing the rain hurriedly knelt on the ground and said aggrievedly: "Mama Liu, this is true, Mama Cheng's daughter-in-law said that when she got up in the morning, she saw Mama Cheng hanged herself and left a letter." ”

Mrs. Zhou's expression moved, pursed her lips and asked anxiously, "What letter did you leave behind?" ”

Tingyu knelt on the ground and replied seriously: "The slave doesn't know the content of the letter, and it has been taken away by the steward to return to the master." ”

Mrs. Zhou was still shocked by Mama Cheng's death.

Not long after, the old lady sent a message and told everyone to go to the front hall.

Mrs. Zhou was very nervous here, so she changed her clothes and hurried away.

When she arrived in the front hall, the old lady didn't even look at Mrs. Zhou and said to everyone that Mama Cheng was the mastermind of this fake deed of sale, and wrote a confession to cut herself.

The matter was over, and everyone had to mention it later, and the thirty-five men had no rules to speak of, and they had caused such a great disaster. It's really not suitable to stay in the Zhou Mansion, so all of them are sold.

And everyone in the house must be strict with themselves from now on, and the daughter-in-law in charge of the house must take this as a warning. In the future, the housekeeper should be cautious and cautious.

And asked Mrs. Zhou to hand over the keys and account books of the big warehouse.

Although the He family is in charge of the Zhou Mansion, the keys and account books of the treasury are still in the hands of the old lady.

Therefore, the He family is just a housekeeper on the face, and the biggest boss in this mansion is still the old lady.

This time, Mrs. Zhou announced the matter in public, firstly, to give the old lady's rights, and secondly, to give the eldest daughter-in-law a compensation, after all, yesterday Mrs. Zhou was angry and threw the teacup and unintentionally burned her daughter-in-law, and if this matter is not handled well, it will make the son and daughter-in-law leave their hearts.

Therefore, Mrs. Zhou is spending blood to maintain the relationship between the two parties.

Mrs. Zhou returned to the courtyard while still dizzy. And the steward here waited to get the keys and the ledger.

When Mrs. Zhou saw that the old lady also came in, she asked a little puzzled, "What is this going on, old man?" ”

Old lady Zhou glanced at his wife coldly, and asked coldly, "What did you do yourself, and you still want me to say it?" ”

Old Madam Zhou was a little weak-hearted. However, thinking that Mama Cheng was dead, she couldn't help but raise her neck and ask: "For more than 30 years, I have given birth to children for your Zhou family and managed the backyard of the house." How. When you get old, the old man is disgusted. ”

Old lady Zhou didn't get angry but laughed.

But he laughed wildly: "What, still thinking that there is no evidence that people are dead?" ”

Old Madam Zhou's face turned pale, but Ren argued in disbelief: "What evidence." ”

Old Man Zhou took out a stack of stacked rice paper from his cuffs and threw it on the machine and said coldly: "Look at what you have done over the years, if it weren't for the husband and wife who have been thinking about it for more than 30 years, I would have told my sons about this, where can you quibble here." ”

Mrs. Zhou's eyes jumped, and she couldn't help but nervously take the rice paper on the machine and look at it.

Although it is not Mama Cheng's words, the content between the lines is narrated in Mama Cheng's tone. The story began more than twenty years ago.

The more I looked at Mrs. Zhou's hands, the more they trembled, and the corners of Mrs. Zhou's mouth, who was sitting on the side, turned up with a disdainful smile and sneered: "You remember all these things, right?" These are just transcribed. I have taken Cheng Lian's confession, lest you turn your face and deny it. ”

Mrs. Zhou's hands trembled, and she looked at the husband sitting opposite her in horror, this man is the old husband and wife who have been married to her for more than 30 years?

Although she has done a lot of things over the years that can't see the light, most of them are to maintain the stability of this family, and today in order to pinch her, even the grandmother next to her was forced to die, and she wrote such a confession before she died?

Is this going to pinch her for the rest of her life?

Old lady Zhou got up and dusted off her robe, as if it was dirty here, and said uncomfortable words in her mouth: "Hand over the keys and account books, there are too many things in the house, and you are older, let these things be left to the old family to do, and you can take care of them." “

After saying that, he went out without looking back.

The old lady Zhou was left alone in the empty room, looking at the rice paper in her hand in disbelief and looking at the back that had left.

This man's back is still as tall as when he married him, but his heart has become extremely cold, or has this person always been like this, but he has always hidden it well?

Soon the steward came in and took the keys and the ledger.

Mama Liu looked at the old lady who seemed to be old in a moment, and suddenly asked a little anxiously: "Old lady, what's wrong with you?" Don't you scare the slaves? Ask for a doctor. “

Before I could hear the rain move, I heard Mrs. Zhou say lightly: "Don't please, I'm fine." “

After speaking, he picked up the rice paper in his hand and then asked Tingyu to bring the basin, and after burning them one by one, he said to Mama Liu: "Send two hundred taels of silver to the Cheng family, so that Mama Cheng can give birth and be buried." ”

Mrs. Zhou felt that sacrificing a Mama Cheng could save face for the family, so she gave the confession written by Mama Cheng before hanging herself to the He family, and asked her to take the confession to Zhou Xiaofu.

Explain, this matter is not the intention of the mother's family, but a slave and maid overstepping their authority.

He Shi imitated an ancient one, and there was a thick account book beside him, and he was a little proud, and the burns on his arms had been much better after yesterday's healing.

said to the minister sitting next to him: "Is it useful for my father to do this?" ”

Zhou Lanjing thought for a moment before saying: "Father asked you to go, you can go, as for whether it is useful or not, it is not for us to say." ”

He Shi glanced at the confession letter in his hand and pouted: "Marry a slave maid like this, people are not stupid, can you believe it?" ”

Zhou Lanjing shook his head and said, "Don't care, you can do whatever your father tells you to do, and don't worry about the rest." ”

He Shi looked at Xianggong's face was not very good, and knew that it was because his father-in-law had set aside his mother's power, and he was afraid that he would not be in a very good mood when he saw his mother sad.

So he said with a smile on his face: "Xianggong, don't worry, even if your mother hands over the key, the concubine will definitely be filial to her old man as before." ”

Zhou Lanjing looked at his wife with a serious face, and his mood was a little better. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm sleepy to death, hurry up and go